Live Life In Crescendo Novels & Stories

This could not be fake. Panicked, she fished her phone out and dialed my number again and again with trembling fingers. "Pick it up… Come on, pick up!" She paced back and forth in the living room, but every call ended with the same monotonous automated message. A scenario worse than the worst one she could think of surfaced in her mind. She sank onto the sofa and stared at the divorce papers. They were all creased and nearly crumpled up, as if someone had tried to struggle and tear them up.

Ines felt exhausted. She didn't want this life which confused her. She didn't know what was real and what was not. An hour outside in the open must have been helpful to distract her from her reality but it didn't. She was restless, tired and just wanted this all to end. After spending time with Jaques and Maurizio who took her to the wedding planner who suggested a few wedding finalizing things like cake tasting, center piece selection, linen selection and what not. Ines was no help but seeing people so excited for a party irritated her to the least. She didn't want to be there and would try to look away to find anything which caught her attention and distract her from these overjoyed people

Ruby said, “Barrow Cove is the most prestigious residential area in the entire Waltz City. You’re the chairman of Neotech Co. now and your status is different from the past so you have to live in the best house of all Waltz City, right!” Meanwhile, Stella walked over and said with a smile, “Oh you’re here too, Fifi. This is the case, Skye’s boyfriend is planning to get a villa here at Barrow Cove for Skye as their house after they get married. I mentioned this to your mom and now she wants to get a villa here in Barrow Cove too. Heh-heh, however, can you afford to do it when you’ve just been promoted to chairman of Neotech Co. recently?”

An unscrupulous company discharges toxic wastewater into the river, causing my whole family to be poisoned because we rely on that river for survival. Everyone in my family, including my aunts and uncles, lives in the same village. We're all waiting for an urgent antidote delivery to save our lives. My boyfriend is Harrison Somers, and his company is the only one with the antidote. So, I ask him for it. He agrees to come but doesn't show up after a long time. Ultimately, my family members die after being tormented by the toxic wastewater because they don't have the antidote. Meanwhile, Harrison shows up at the hospital with his childhood sweetheart because she accidentally sliced her fin

"And just so you know, I'm not running herd on your mini squad, fuck that. One of Mengele is enough now you bringing in ringers and shit, fuck…no. What? You and Kat got some kinda deal or some shit to drive me nuts? Her battalion of pain in the ass kids aren't enough, so you had to go looking for more?" "She's your cousin Lyon; what's this got to do with me?" "Fuck if I know Mancini, with your spook ass. Stay outta people's shit." "Oh no, he's having another meltdown." "Fuck off, Law!" I ignored their laughter and headed downstairs in the house across the street from the Fontane residence. Mancini's lying ass had convinced these people he was shooting a movie, and these fools bought it and g

Belle's perspective. The train ticket took me to a quiet seaside town, where I began a new life. There was a little bookstore in town, and I became the clerk who organized the shelves. The store was always hushed, with only two sounds breaking the silence: the rhythm of waves crashing against the seawall, and the soft rustle of pages turning. Joe's face, Ivy's words, the blinding lights of that celebration banquet–they all began to blur, as though fading into the distance.

"So... you finally met your match." I smiled as another cousin greeted us as we entered the living room of a huge mansion that belonged to none other than Eros' grandfather. "Nice to see you too, Mason." Eros replied sarcastically as he shoved his cousin playfully. I felt Eros pull me closer to him. "Too close, Tanner." I whispered to him as I elbowed his side. "We have to make them believe, housemate." He replied and just softly kissed my temple and pulled me even closer to him.

I lifted the glass of water in my hand and clinked it lightly against his. “Here’s to a successful partnership, Mr. Caspian.” Moonlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows, stretching our shadows across the room. Each of us stood in our own corner, like two polite strangers sharing the same space. Outside, the city glowed brightly in the night. Only then did I truly feel that I had been given a second life. In this life, I only wanted one thing: to use the Falcone family’s resources to earn enough money to stand on my own and then walk away from all of this for good.

He was terrified of making her angry and did everything he could to make her happy to the point that he disregarded his own well-being. However, Gabriella was not Samantha. She didn't enjoy how Owen doted on her, and she didn't intentionally tease him to show off her own charm and strange fetishes. She just wanted to live out the rest of her life as well as possible. The days flew past. Spring turned to summer, then to autumn, and finally to winter. The project that Gabriella had worked on for the past year was reaching its end. Coincidentally, the last day of the contract coincided with her 25th birthday. She had bought a plane ticket to Floram on the very same day.